First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book

First Spanish Reader A Beginner s Dual Language Book Especially designed for the beginning student this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple easy to read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material with complete

Title: First Spanish Reader: A Beginner's Dual-Language Book

Author: Angel Flores

ISBN: 9780486258102

Page: 251

Format: Paperback

Especially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy to read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.The selections, by significant writers of the past and present Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Juan Jos Milla, Eufronio VEspecially designed for the beginning student, this handy volume helps students learn Spanish by presenting simple, easy to read adaptations of classic Spanish stories and other material with complete faithful English translations on the facing pages.The selections, by significant writers of the past and present Don Juan Manuel, Luis Taboada, Juan Jos Milla, Eufronio Viscarra, Ricardo Palma, Lope de Rueda, Enrique Amorim, Juan Jos Arreola, and other noted writers , derive from the best and most genuine Hispanic tradition, and are revealing of the life and psychology of the Spanish speaking peoples.The dual language book will enable those readers with the most limited knowledge of the language to enjoy reading in the original Spanish from the very first day of instruction Vocabularies and exercises are included as special aids for the student.

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This small book of barely over 100 pages includes parables, folktales, and short stories from Spanish writers in a dual language format, with Spanish on one page and English facing it. The selections increase in difficulty, but gently so, the first few using only present tense verbs, for example. All the selections are charming and entertaining, and by the time the reader reaches the longer short stories in the last third of the book, he is immersed in the narratives themselves, a thoroughly enj [...]

Lovely mix. Increases in complexity at a good pace. Hit and miss with the stories. Some had me really laughing, though some (more toward the end) left me staring at the page at the end just thinking - Y qué? Definitely reccommend.

I enjoyed nearly all the stories in the book but I feel that as a "First Spanish Reader," it progresses much too rapidly from the initial stories to the stories at the end of the book. The final stories require a huge vocabulary--I ended up looking at the English translation on the opposing side much more frequently. Hence, the problem is more about the title of the collection than the collection itself! It should of been called, a Spanish folk tales in Spanish and English. Period. No "first" or [...]

This book has been very helpful in my endeavor to regain my spanish skills. Pages are alternated between the spanish text and its english translation. The stories were all clever and interesting, and always having the english translation readily available on the adjacent page made for a genuinely educational experience. However, I did feel that the vocabulary and the grammar were a little more advanced than practical for beginners or even intermediate students.

This is a book of Spanish stories. Our Thursday morning Spanish reading group read the stories together. It was a good introduction to some of the early Spanish writings (from Spain, not the Americas) and legends.

Great for non-native Spanish speakers/readers. The short stories get progressively harder as you work through the book. Side-by-side translations in English help you check your reading and comprehension.

This is a great way to reinforce your (beginning) Spanish. It is a collection of short essays, poems, stories in Spanish, with their English translation on the opposing page. Much more fun than a textbook.